A home geography of New York city . Delta in a Kiver Mouth (loukinl; Dow j 28 HOME GEOGEAPHY OF NEW YOEK CITY are very high hills. Sometimes they are so high that the topsare always covered with snow. When many mountains are ina line or row we call them a mountain chain. Are there anysuch on this map ? Where are the mountain chains ? In w^hatdirection do they extend ? Where are the highlands ? Where arethe lowlands ? In the northwestern portion of the map you see a stretch ofland marked in buft color. It seems very high and level, almost. A Mountain Chain like the top of a tal)le. It
A home geography of New York city . Delta in a Kiver Mouth (loukinl; Dow j 28 HOME GEOGEAPHY OF NEW YOEK CITY are very high hills. Sometimes they are so high that the topsare always covered with snow. When many mountains are ina line or row we call them a mountain chain. Are there anysuch on this map ? Where are the mountain chains ? In w^hatdirection do they extend ? Where are the highlands ? Where arethe lowlands ? In the northwestern portion of the map you see a stretch ofland marked in buft color. It seems very high and level, almost. A Mountain Chain like the top of a tal)le. It is not colored green, because it is notlowland, yet it is level like lowland. We call sucli stretches ofhigh and almost level slopes tablelands or plateaus. We have in New York city wdiat we call a plateau. It is reallynot one, but from it you can get a very good idea of w^hat atableland looks like. You can reach this plateau by climbing thestairs in Morningside Park. The new Cathedral and St. LukesHospital are on this plateau. Tablelands are, however, much higherthan this. Look again at the mountain range in the eastern part of themap. You notice one river flowing northeast and another flowing A PHYSICAL MAP 29 southwest. We call tliis mountain range a divide or water parting,because the rain water falling upon one side of this range of moun-tains flows one way, and that falling on the other side flows theother way. Make a mountain range of clay and pour water on topof it. Tell what happens. The two rivers you were looking at ilow down in
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